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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD SHOES ARE BEST, by JENNIE ORR LEUI
First Line: You look so old and shabby where you rest
Last Line: Long after summer days have passed.
Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers
First Line: You look so old and shabby where you rest
Last Line: Long after summer days have passed.
Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers
You look so old and shabby where you rest
There on my closet floor -- and yet I like you best.
You've served me well in fair and foul weather.
And we have traveled many a mile together.
You've been my gypsy shoes -- you took me places
Away from beaten paths, familiar faces:
One time it was a country lane all gay
With flowers -- again, a field of new-mown hay
That lured us on our way; and we have stood
On mossy banks of rivers, tramped a fragrant wood.
And once, at dawn, we climbed a green-clad hill
Just as the sun came up -- a wondrous thrill!
Old shoes, you bring me dreams -- dreams that will last
Long after summer days have passed.
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